Resumo de The Catcher In The Rye

Holden Caulfield has a problem. In fact Holden has many problems but his first call of business is to figure out how to explain to his parents that he has failed out of Pency Prep, another upper crust boy's school floating on the outskirts of New York city. The young protaginst decides that a weekend of fun in the big apple would be good for everyone before breaking the news to his loving parents.

After introducing his nose to his Stratlader's fist, our hunting cap clad hero jumps on a night train into New York city inorder to spend a little quality time with him self in the big apple. The classic under achiever, Holden takes the reader on a brief but exciting ride which is that of the inner workings of an extrememly angst ridden teeanager in the the early 1950's. His description of everyone that is "phony" may leave the reader a little confused and questioning weather they like or dislike the narrator, regardless his story is gripping and anything but "phony".
Holden's repeated use of the terms "depressed" to describe how everything makes him feel. And "phony" for how everyone behaves gives the reader the sense that he is either trying too hard to convince someone of his individuality or despite his extremely poor self image how intelligent he really is.

The back drop of Salinger's novel is the timeless streets of New York city in which Holden manages cover alot of distance in a short amount of time. From his run in with a sad young prostitute and her extorting pimp in his cheap little hotel room, To getting drunk and hitting on some less than desriable older women at a jazz club our main charater is never at a loss for things to do, and stories to tell.

Much like Holden the story gets harder to understand as the troubled young man makes contact with as many people from his past as he can when in the city. From a date with his ex-girlfriend who has absolutly no idea whom she is ice skating with to a conversation in the living room of a former teacher who could or could not be a sexual predator.

It seems that the only consistantly good person in Holden's life is his younger sister Pheobe whom he finds at school and convinces her to follow him to a local museum. His over protective nature seems to stem from the loss of their brother Allie which the reader gets the impression may be the result of Holden's actions when they were younger.

As the story reaches it's conclusion one may or may not start questioning the mental stability of the young master Caulfied who pictures him self as an adult but lacks the maturity and patience inorder to be "grown up".
Its not surprising that the main character never fully explaines himself and the reader is left to make their own decision on what happens with the young man with the broken psyhce.

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